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Dutch Invertuals’ Harvest

September, 29 2017

After a successful run in Milan and Paris, Dutch Invertual’s Harvest showcase traveled to London Design Festival this month. The manifesto-like collection revealed how young design talents are finding new efficient and self sufficient ways to practice and address the pressing issues of today and tomorrow: calling for a drastic change in economics;

Duy Anh Nhan Duc’s Floral Hope

September, 28 2017

After the closing of Hope, his recent show at the Art Center of Châteaugiron in Brittany, the botanical artist reflects on the ephemerality and complexity of his source materials

Giorgia Zanellato’s Sospesi

September, 27 2017

This month the Venetian designer is presenting Sospesi, a collection of glass pieces, at Brussels’ The Gallery

2017 Tremplin Exhibition: The Winners

September, 26 2017

The WCC•BF recently celebrated the work of young creators from the Wallonia and Brussels regions with the Tremplin 2017 awards —which include our own TLmag prize

Kvadrat’s My Canvas: A Curator, a Designer

September, 25 2017

We spoke with curator Njusja de Gier and designers BCXSY about their work for My Canvas, Kvadrat’s London Design Festival homage to Giulio Ridolfo’s star fabric

Intuition at the Palazzo Fortuny

September, 24 2017

Axel Vervoordt and Daniela Ferretti present Intuition, their sixth and final exhibition in their joint curatorship series at the Venetian institution

Brian Wills’ Light + Line

September, 22 2017

Parisian gallery Praz-Delavallade debuts their new Los Angeles outpost with a solo show dedicated to the…

On Repeat by Universal Design Studio

September, 21 2017

London’s Universal Design Studio teams up with co-working company The Office Company to mount On Repeat: an architecturally and interactively repetitive pavilion with public programmes through out London Design Festival.

Lucie Koldova Is in Das Haus

September, 21 2017

The Czech designer, lauded for her work as Brokis’ artistic director, has been selected as the guest designer for the 2018 edition of imm Cologne’s Das Haus installation

Material Tendencies: Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance

September, 20 2017

Originally educated as a sculptor, French furniture and interior designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance wants to connect people with their environments through his designs

Laufen in London

September, 19 2017

After the opening of the brand’s ceramic sculptures exhibition at the London Design Festival we spoke with Laufen’s Marc Viardot to learn more about the process behind the objects

Up Next: TRESOR Contemporary Craft

September, 18 2017

TRESOR artistic director Brian Kennedy shares with us his insights for the selection process and gives us a sneak peek of the artists, galleries and materials to watch out for at the fair

Wolfgang Tillmans at the Fondation Beyeler

September, 17 2017

The Basel institution dedicates its big summer exhibition to the German photographer, with more than 200 works on display and a new audiovisual installation

RISD at NYFW17

September, 16 2017

The Apparel Design department of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) returned to New York…

Season VI – Blauw. Ceci n’est pas une couleur

September, 15 2017

Piet Stockmans and Frederik Vercruysse converse around the theme Blauw. Ceci n’est pas une couleur. Stockmans, master of porcelain and inventor of his famous Stockmansblauw, and Vercruysse, talented architecture and interior design photographer, inhabit the space through artistic installations and tactile and visual assemblages.

Opening of Season VI – Blauw. Ceci n’est pas une couleur

September, 15 2017

Stockmans and Vercruysse share that culture of minerality which is the focus of Spazio Nobile’s exhibitions. By reducing ornamentation in their essential and existential approach, the two creators give form to the idea of Blauw. Ceci n’est pas une couleur. More than a pigment, it is a primary colour that oscillates on the border between shadow and light: the ultramarine of cobalt, from sky to sea, from the still image to the porcelain piece.

The Fallen Vases and Studio Stockmans at Brussels Design Market

The Fallen Vases installation and a selection of pieces from Studio Piet Stockmans will be on display at Brussels Design Market on 23-24 September. For the art works, please visit our exhibition at Spazio Nobile which opens up on Thursday 28 September,

Conference by Piet Stockmans

The porcelain art from Studio Pieter Stockmans results from a combination of traditional craft production and a contemporary, experimental approach. The designer is constantly stretching the limits of porcelain. The studio on the C-Mine mine site in Genk is the specialist in Belgium offering designs in hard porcelain. Studio Pieter Stockmans has focused on limited, unique collections since 1987. Its better-known pieces include the trophy for the Memorial Vandamme and the plates for the royal wedding in Monaco. The studio is highly regarded by leading international chefs including Alain Ducasse and Lanshu Chen.

Campanas’ Hybridism

September, 14 2017

The Campana Brothers debuts Hybridism at New York’s Friedman Benda gallery. Responding to a planet in crisis, the intuitively crafted and grotesque series incorporates animal forms, natural textures, woven textiles, and sustainably sourced materials in various furniture applications.

Morandi Meets de Waal at Artipelag

September, 14 2017

Sweden’s Artipelag center has united the two artists not through their shared theme of ceramics, but thanks to “the encouragement of mindful viewing and contemplation”

Blauw. Ceci n’est pas une couleur

September, 13 2017

Preparing for the opening of their duo show at Spazio Nobile, Piet Stockmans and Frederik Vercruysse discuss their treatment of light and colour

Olivier Zeegers’ Modesign Academy

September, 12 2017

We spoke with the founder of Modesign, a Brussels center focused on luxury goods management, where students explore the business from a 360-degree approach